2023 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
146
Degrees Awarded
$36,924
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 13,238 people earned their degree in human services, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,316 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,019 and $27,844 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Human Services for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Human Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying human services.
Top 1 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Human Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
USFCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, USFCA supports 10,068 students, and 6 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,232. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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